LARP Writing workshop

[Auroran]

I’m looking to gauge interest in a LARP writing workshop I’m planning to hold next year in Wellington. Please let me know if you’re interested to attend or to help with the workshop itself!

[u_ne_korn]

Very keen to both help and join in!

[IdiotSavant]

Can’t join in any time soon, but have plenty of notes for people to use.

[Auroran]

Having your notes would be a great help!

[IdiotSavant]

I have a thread here (which also includes some other links)

How do you write a theatre-style larp?

Inspired by some online questions a while ago, and a complaint today about the supposed absence of theatreform how-tos, and while waiting for a local larp theory conference to talk about this at, I thought it’d be worthwhile to start a thread on how we write theatreforms. I expect we all do this differently, but by talking about it we might learn some useful tricks (and possibly save ourselves from future queries by having something easily Google-able). First, here’s how some other people do it…

Also on the time-management front:

How to write a larp without stress

I normally attend two larp conventions a year (three this year), and every convention I see the same things: GMs stressing because they haven’t finished their game. Players stressing because they haven’t got their character sheets. Games with fantastic concepts obviously undermined by being a little rushed. Want to write a larp without inflicting all that on yourself and your players? Here’s how. TL; DR: Start early and finish early That’s the key lesson. Start early. Because the larp will tak…